• DocumentCode
    411840
  • Title

    Dynamic range of traveling-wave multiple-quantum-well electroabsorption modulators

  • Author

    Liu, Bin ; Shim, Jongin ; Chiu, Yi-Jen ; Chou, Hsu-Feng ; Gan, Kian-Giap ; Piprek, Joachim ; Bowers, John E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    A detailed study of the nonlinearity and the spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) of a traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator is presented. A SFDR as high as 128dB-Hz/sup 4/5/achieved at 10 GHz.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical fibre communication; quantum well devices; semiconductor quantum wells; 10 GHz; SFDR; electroabsorption modulators; multiple-quantum-well; spurious free dynamic range; traveling-wave; Bandwidth; Dynamic range; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Power measurement; Quantum well devices; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1297987